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me. She sighed and tried for an ironic smile, but it wavered and broke before it had a chance to fully form.
 Come here. He patted the mattress beside his hip, and she hurried forward to curl up next to him.
He hugged her close, her back to his front. It soothed him to have her near. He could so easily have lost her.
He almost had while he d lain in that cave, helpless to stop the hyena. If it hadn t been for Tori s quick
thinking He cut the thought off, brushed back the silky black hair at Lyra s temple, and kissed her cheek.
 I m sorry about your family, sugar. I know it hurts.
 Yeah. A waterlogged chuckle broke from her lips.
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His chest tightened at her pain. He d like to strangle her father, but it wouldn t help her now, so he
focused on the most important thing in his life. Lyra.  I d make it better if I could.
 I know you would. Sniffling, she twined her fingers with his and held on tight.  I m glad I m here
with you.
 Lyra, I 
She jerked her face to the side, and she used her free hand to swipe at her cheeks.  Let s talk about
something else.
Resting his chin on the back of her head, he smiled at her prickly refusal to show weakness. Always
the wolf.  Okay. What s on your mind?
 Interspecies genetics.
He chuckled and decided to humor her. He didn t know much about the topic, but then, he wasn t a
doctor.  When different were species breed, one of them is always dominant.
 In theory, it s possible for a child with a throw-back recessive gene to be born and produce siblings
of different species. Her long hair brushed over his chest as she settled deeper into his embrace. He bit
back a groan and tried to pretend that even so simple a touch didn t have the power to make him hard.
Interspecies genetics. Right.  While it s genetically impossible to have a hybrid child who can shift into
both the mother s and father s animal species, that doesn t mean all children produced by one couple have
to be all the father s species or all the mother s species, but a mix.
He swallowed and dug leopard s claws into his control.  I ve never even heard of that happening.
 Like I said, this is all theory; it s never happened before that doctors know of. She stroked her
fingers up and down his arm, her brow furrowed in thought.  For werekind, it s a strange mixture of animal
and human genetic anomalies, so it s best not to assume it will always stay this way we re constantly
evolving. Because of the unknown factors that makes us neither human nor animal, but a combination of
both, with a mixed species coupling, it might even be possible for identical twin offspring to each shift into
a different animal.
 Un-identical identical twins? That caught his attention, but only for a moment as the soft globes of
her ass brushed against his now-erect cock. Jesus, she was killing him.
 Theoretically, yes. Her nails drew lazy circles on his arm, and goose bumps followed in the wake of
her touch.
Sweat broke out on his forehead, and he reminded himself that he was holding her to comfort her, not
to roll her over and fuck her senseless.  Why the sudden fascination with genetics?
She sighed and looked over her shoulder at him. Secrets glimmered in her gray eyes.  I ll probably be
obsessing over it for the next nine months or so.
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It took a moment for what she was implying to register; then his eyes went wide and he slipped his
palm down to curve over her lower belly. Shock and joy rocked through him, and a grin burst across his
face.  Holy shit.
Her hand covered his, and a quiet smile curled her lips.  Yeah.
When she leaned into him, he saw her eyes widen as she came into full contact with his rigid cock. If
anything, the news that he d gotten her pregnant only made him harder. He slid his tongue down a tooth,
letting his grin turn feral.  We should celebrate.
The same wrenching fear he d seen in her eyes two weeks ago shone there again before she masked it
behind the calm, collected physician.  Zander, I don t think 
He cut her off. He had a feeling if he let her fears close her off now, he might never draw her out
again, and he needed the wildness in her as much as he thought she needed it, too.  It s been weeks, sugar.
That might not be long enough for a human to heal, but we both know I m fine. Why are you stalling?
She pressed her lips together, a troubled look flashed through her gaze, and a stubborn angle tilted her
jaw.  I m not stalling.
Arching a brow, he said nothing. She was going to have to work this out herself, but he wasn t going
to let her slide by and not deal with it.
 All right, so maybe I am. She looked away and closed her eyes.  I just everything changed so fast,
and we mated, and my family, and& then you got hurt. Her voice caught.  Oh, God. I don t think I could
lose you, Zander.
 Scary as hell, isn t it? He lifted the hands they had over her belly and kissed her fingers. He knew
exactly what she meant. The idea of her being hurt was enough to kill him. He could only hope that she was
never in that kind of danger again, but since they d been unable to discover who had hired the assassin,
he d had Nico beef up security around the resort. Zander wasn t taking any chances. She was too important
to him.
Tears welled in her gray eyes when she opened them again. She swallowed audibly.  Yeah. Scary s a
good word for it.
 I love you. He spoke the words baldly, his gaze locked with hers. Cupping a hand around her chin,
he tilted her face toward him.  Come here, sugar. I need you.
Her gaze softened, and a sweet smile curved her lips. Twisting at the waist, she offered him her
mouth. He took it, sliding his tongue along the seam of her lips before he pushed inside. He shoved away
the sheet around his hips so that the only thing separating him from her was her clothing.
Sliding one arm under her torso, he reached up to flick his fingers over her nipples through her thin
cotton shirt. He wanted her so badly his hands shook with it, and his cock ached. He had a feeling the need
would never be quenched, and he didn t want it to be. Her tongue twined with his, and she nipped at his
lower lip. The sweet sting made him growl low in his throat.
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Her breath hissed out as she broke her mouth from his, her fangs emerging. Sliding his hand down her
midriff, he popped the button on her shorts and eased them along with her panties down her legs. She lifted
her hips to help him and kicked them away. He bunched her shirt in his fist and ripped it to the waist. Her
breasts spilled out, and he cupped his hands around them, her hard nipples stabbing into his palms.
He lifted his leg over hers, trapping her. He coasted one hand down to caress her taut buttocks. She
whimpered and wriggled against him.  I can t& I can t move. I need to move.
 Not just yet. Pushing her forward slightly at the waist, he stroked her wet pussy from behind. God,
he couldn t wait. He needed her. Grasping his rigid cock, he rubbed the head against her sex before he
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